One Marine's View

A Different View by Blake Powers

Gang –

Here is a great book that will get you closer to the “front lines” more so than any other book. I’ve had the opportunity to look through it and I can tell you it’s a good one. This would be a great gift for those warriors you know that have been there.  Check out the below….

Time for a C-Gar!

Marine and dog reunited after tour in Afghanistan

by Jens Manuel Krogstad

Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach said he wasn’t going to cry in uniform.

His were among the few dry eyes today in the State Capitol rotunda. Dozens of people, including Gov. Terry Branstad, attended a surprise reunion (video below) between Gundlach and Casey, a golden Labrador that served with him in Afghanistan.

Hero defined - Motto Monday

You may have read about Taylor Morris here. However, another great website called The Chive, picked up on this story and ran with it and ran big. Look through the picture progression below, then read on.

Time for a C-Gar!

Navy Launches First Ever Drone From Carrier

 
The U.S. Navy for the first time launched a drone from an aircraft carrier in what officials hailed as a historic milestone in naval aviation.

One Marine asking for help and making a difference

You may remember this story about Sgt. Al Brenner who like many of our wounded warriors, find themselves in a hard place only to have some turn to suicide. I contacted the warrior after I heard of his story and as an update, he now has a home! Al has broken the code on the specifics in making a difference and wants to tell the world. I wonder why the government & country he went to war for isn’t listening to him? This is one Marine making a difference and he tells us how below.

 

I asked Al, “How can I help your efforts?”

 

The Marines helping out an Army hero

Marine Commandant Helps Soldier Receive Arm Transplants - You may have read it here on One Marine's View when it happend. Here is a video of an update.

 

Time for a C-Gar!

3 Fired Over Fatal Mortar Training Explosion

by Bryant Jordan on May 9, 2013

Seven weeks after a night time training program in Nevada turned deadly for seven Marines, three officers with command responsibility, or oversight of the training mission, have been fired.

Monday? No it's Motto Monday

If you are watching this and are home or at most at work, remember, your Monday isn't really that bad. You are not dealing with extreme weather, crappy environment or even more so, people trying to kill you. Kinda puts the "bad Monday" in perspective now doesnt it? Remember those fighting, many have forgot we are here.

Make sure you call her - Mothers Day

5 Things You Wish You Could Give Your Mom For Mother’s Day

May. 10, 2013

By Brian Donovan

I used to be adventurous with Mother’s Day gifts. One year I gave my mom a few strawberry bushes that she could plant in the backyard. It seemed really sweet until the ensuing rash on her hands made it clear that she was allergic to strawberries, and the ensuing patch of lifeless brown dirt made it clear that strawberries don’t grow in Boston in the spring.

Somthing to get your weekend started right